Estonia's occupations revisited

THE KISTLER-RITSO ESTONIAN FOUNDATION

ESTONIA’S OCCUPATIONS REVISITED

ACCOUNTS OF AN ERA

TALLINN 2005

Compiled by Heiki Ahonen

Edited by Enn Tarvel

With thanks to the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia

© The Kistler-Ritso Estonian Foundation, 2004

ISBN 9949–10–821–7

Contents

• I. DESTRUCTION OF THE ESTONIAN STATE
  • Fate of the Members of Estonia’s Governments – Indrek Paavle
  • Liquidation of Local Government in Estonia – Indrek Paavle
  • Fate of the Estonian Armed Forces – Meelis Maripuu, Peeter Kaasik
  • Fate of Estonia’s Judges– Meelis Maripuu, Peeter Kaasik
  • Dismantling the Estonian Court System and Formation of the ESSR Court System in 1940–1941 – Meelis Maripuu, Peeter Kaasik
• II. PERSECUTION OF THE PEOPLE
  • Arrests During 1940–1941– Meelis Maripuu
  • Administering Political Justice in the Soviet Union – Meelisn Maripuu, Aigi Rahi-Tamm
  • Overview of Estonian Units in the Red Army and the Actions of the Destroyer Battalions of the NKVD – Toomas Hiio, Peeter Kaasik
  • Post World War II Repressions– Meelis Maripuu, Aigi Rahi-Tamm
  • Deportations – Integral Part of Soviet Domestic Policies – Meelis Maripuu, Aigi Rahi-Tamm
  • Deportations from Estonia 1941– Meelis Maripuu
  • March 1949 Deportations – Aigi Rahi-Tamm
  • Creation of the Collective Farms in the ESSR 1944–50 – Aivar Niglas
  • Estonian Communist Party membership 1940 – 1990 – Meelis Maripuu
• III. RESISTANCE
  • Estonian Citizens in the German Armed Forces – Toomas Hiio
  • Estonian Citizens in the Finnish Armed Forces During World War II – Toomas Hiio
  • Units of Estonians in the German Armed Forces During World War II – Toomas Hiio, Aivar Niglas, Peeter Kaasik
  • Battles in Estonia in 1944– Toomas Hiio
  • Escape to the West – Edgar Saar
  • DP Camps – Edgar Saar
  • Estonian Soldiers in the Prisoner of War Camps of the Western Allies – Argo Kuusik
  • Jüri Uluots, the Otto Tief Government and Estonia’s Legal Continuity – Toomas Hiio